+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted December 31, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted December 31, 2013 I would like to setup Skyrim to be maxed out in graphic updates. I see a bunch of mods, I want to improve everything in the game, have it the best it can be. Anyone have tutorial on what ones I need, how to install them (I am using Steam version) etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Nexus Mods has a great community for modding, they do Skyrim mods. They have a mod client that installs mods for you. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/ There are a tonne of graphical mods on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I hope, you are using Legendary edition. There are tons of Mod you have to use to make it Actual "Legendary" :D 1st Use Nexus Mod Manager along with "BOSS" which will take care of the Mods Order (its necessary) Some of the essential Mods are (IMO) -Unofficial Skyrim Patches -Skyrim HD High Resolution Texture Mod (use 4K if you have lot of Graphic memory) -SkyUI -RealVision ENB -ApachiiSkyHair (use full version) -Climates Of Tamriel -Calientes Beautiful Bodies Edition -CBBE -Enhanced Blood Textures -Convenient Horses Well the list goes on & on... you can check the Nexus Mod & choose whatever suits your taste. madd-hatter 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Eternal Tempest MVC Posted December 31, 2013 MVC Share Posted December 31, 2013 Two essential utilities if your going to be installing multiple mods. BOSS - It looks at your mods installed and attempts to set the load order https://code.google.com/p/better-oblivion-sorting-software/ SKSE - Skyrim Script Ectendter http://skse.silverlock.org/ SKSE is required for some mods, such as the SkyUI listed it above. Essentially have steam running, then use the SKSE shortcut to launch the game instead of the normal shortcut. Mods (Graphics Related) to consider Static Mesh Improvement Part 1 & 2 2nd vote for Enhanced Blood Better Embers HD Plants + Herbs Pure Waters Bettery Dynamic Snow Improved Interior Lighting To add some amazing new content to the game, on the steam workshop look for mods made by ThirteenORanges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted December 31, 2013 Author Subscriber² Share Posted December 31, 2013 After doing some more research I came across this tutorial. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/? Looks like its what you guys suggest, but has alot more to it, anyone ever use it? Also, with all these mods, how powerful are these graphics? I have top of the line system, which includes a 780ti, and the only game so far that I have tried that seems to push it at all, is the new Tomb Raider, but it does play nice, but you can tell its getting pushed. Most other games run amazingly. Of course I have not tried the Metro games on this card yet. Anyway, just wondering where these mods come in with high end graphic games. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Look through this guys videos for some hints and types on how to properly mod Skyrim. He also does videos for the fallout games. He's really well known within the Skyrim modding scene and has quite a few popular mods under his name too.. https://www.youtube.com/user/GophersVids Some info may be obsolete though but most should still be relevant. There is also this which is probably the most comprehensive skyrim "mod" you'll ever find http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11/? It's really just a collection of mods that do all kinds of things that you can pick and choose and they give recommendations based on what you want to achieve. This is probably really all you need to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 After doing some more research I came across this tutorial. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/? Looks like its what you guys suggest, but has alot more to it, anyone ever use it? Also, with all these mods, how powerful are these graphics? I have top of the line system, which includes a 780ti, and the only game so far that I have tried that seems to push it at all, is the new Tomb Raider, but it does play nice, but you can tell its getting pushed. Most other games run amazingly. Of course I have not tried the Metro games on this card yet. Anyway, just wondering where these mods come in with high end graphic games. Thanks for the help. I never read any tutorial, but this seems fine to start with, if you never mod any game before. as for as Graphics, your system is Super fine for Skyrim & you can really add all those Graphic Mods :) Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Two essential utilities if your going to be installing multiple mods. BOSS - It looks at your mods installed and attempts to set the load order https://code.google.com/p/better-oblivion-sorting-software/ SKSE - Skyrim Script Ectendter http://skse.silverlock.org/ SKSE is required for some mods, such as the SkyUI listed it above. Essentially have steam running, then use the SKSE shortcut to launch the game instead of the normal shortcut. Mods (Graphics Related) to consider Static Mesh Improvement Part 1 & 2 2nd vote for Enhanced Blood Better Embers HD Plants + Herbs Pure Waters Bettery Dynamic Snow Improved Interior Lighting To add some amazing new content to the game, on the steam workshop look for mods made by ThirteenORanges I've never heard of BOSS. Thanks for the tip (everyone who mentioned it)! The only thing I might add is to keep track of your saves if you are going to tinker with addons. Some addons can be uninstalled gracefully and not really affect a save game file, others will wreck it something fierce. Most graphic improvements (like the one you are looking for) should be safe. Whenever I'm itching to make a new Skyrim character, I go shopping for the mods I'm going to play with and figure out if I have any bugs with any of them (or combination of them). I'd love to have a mod/character manager for Skyrim. One that I could select a character, the manager would install the correct mods for that character and so on. A character selection screen would be nice in-and-of-itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted January 4, 2014 Author Subscriber² Share Posted January 4, 2014 Following the tutorial I found I have successfully installed all, and followed it exactly, and the game ran and looks different. But how do I know 100% that everything is actually loaded and working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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